char __user *buffer,
                                          size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-       int index, off = 0, flag = 0, go_back = 0, off_prev;
+       int index, off = 0, flag = 0, go_back = 0, len = 0;
        struct rvu *rvu = filp->private_data;
        int lf, pf, vf, pcifunc;
        struct rvu_block block;
        int bytes_not_copied;
+       int lf_str_size = 12;
        int buf_size = 2048;
+       char *lfs;
        char *buf;
 
        /* don't allow partial reads */
        buf = kzalloc(buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!buf)
                return -ENOSPC;
-       off +=  scnprintf(&buf[off], buf_size - 1 - off, "\npcifunc\t\t");
+
+       lfs = kzalloc(lf_str_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!lfs)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       off +=  scnprintf(&buf[off], buf_size - 1 - off, "%-*s", lf_str_size,
+                         "pcifunc");
        for (index = 0; index < BLK_COUNT; index++)
-               if (strlen(rvu->hw->block[index].name))
-                       off +=  scnprintf(&buf[off], buf_size - 1 - off,
-                                         "%*s\t", (index - 1) * 2,
-                                         rvu->hw->block[index].name);
+               if (strlen(rvu->hw->block[index].name)) {
+                       off += scnprintf(&buf[off], buf_size - 1 - off,
+                                        "%-*s", lf_str_size,
+                                        rvu->hw->block[index].name);
+               }
        off += scnprintf(&buf[off], buf_size - 1 - off, "\n");
        for (pf = 0; pf < rvu->hw->total_pfs; pf++) {
                for (vf = 0; vf <= rvu->hw->total_vfs; vf++) {
                                continue;
 
                        if (vf) {
+                               sprintf(lfs, "PF%d:VF%d", pf, vf - 1);
                                go_back = scnprintf(&buf[off],
                                                    buf_size - 1 - off,
-                                                   "PF%d:VF%d\t\t", pf,
-                                                   vf - 1);
+                                                   "%-*s", lf_str_size, lfs);
                        } else {
+                               sprintf(lfs, "PF%d", pf);
                                go_back = scnprintf(&buf[off],
                                                    buf_size - 1 - off,
-                                                   "PF%d\t\t", pf);
+                                                   "%-*s", lf_str_size, lfs);
                        }
 
                        off += go_back;
                                block = rvu->hw->block[index];
                                if (!strlen(block.name))
                                        continue;
-                               off_prev = off;
+                               len = 0;
+                               lfs[len] = '\0';
                                for (lf = 0; lf < block.lf.max; lf++) {
                                        if (block.fn_map[lf] != pcifunc)
                                                continue;
                                        flag = 1;
-                                       off += scnprintf(&buf[off], buf_size - 1
-                                                       - off, "%3d,", lf);
+                                       len += sprintf(&lfs[len], "%d,", lf);
                                }
-                               if (flag && off_prev != off)
-                                       off--;
-                               else
-                                       go_back++;
+
+                               if (flag)
+                                       len--;
+                               lfs[len] = '\0';
                                off += scnprintf(&buf[off], buf_size - 1 - off,
-                                               "\t");
+                                                "%-*s", lf_str_size, lfs);
+                               if (!strlen(lfs))
+                                       go_back += lf_str_size;
                        }
                        if (!flag)
                                off -= go_back;
        }
 
        bytes_not_copied = copy_to_user(buffer, buf, off);
+       kfree(lfs);
        kfree(buf);
 
        if (bytes_not_copied)